"Oooooh shit Mako!" Korra groaned

"Are you okay!? Does that hurt? How bad!? Like scale of 1-10? Oh Jeez Korra." Mako said panicking. He'd never done anything like this before.

"Uhg shut up Mako and just… pull…ooouut." She groaned

"I'm sorry I'm trying but its like… really deep in there! I told you it was too soon! That you should wait till you were ready."

"I thought I was ready okay! It sounded like a good idea at the time!"

"Well apparently you weren't ready enough! Now how bad is the pain Korra?"

"Well it's not helping my pain level that your knee is digging into my side!" She yelled.

"I'm sorry there was just no other way to do this." He said trying to hover over her and move his knee.

"You know if I wasn't so panicked right now I'd be laughing hysterically at the sexual innuendos you two keep throwing out there." Bolin said with a small hit of humor in his voice rising through the terror.

Korra, lying on her stomach with Mako straddling her back turned her head to shoot Mako a side glance and a grin. She WAS just half naked. Her shirt in a heap by the door and her chest bindings push up just a fraction of an inch.

"Just… shut up Bo I'm freaking out here! Should I pull it out or leave it in? All those things I've read say that if you pull it out she'll bleed to death!"

Mako sounded more panicked than Korra had thought he'd be. Maybe it was worse than she thought. He did tell her not to try air gliding until she was sure she could master the art… well how hard could it be? She thought. Aang used to do it all the time when he was a kid. And you know, it wasn't that hard until the down current of the breeze caught the staff… and then that tree just like… came out of nowhere.

"Mako…" She said calmly "… just yank it out like a band aid." He began to protest and she cut him off. "Mako, look at me." She waited till she could see him look at her face. "Bolin are the Doctors coming?"

"Yeah Korra, they'll be here soon."

"Okay." She said never taking her eyes off Mako. "Mako, pull it out quick and fast. I didn't want to say anything but I'm allergic to pine and the longer it stays in me the more pain I'll be in later when my allergies kick in."

"What!?" He said beginning to panic again, and looking back down at her bare back.

"MAKO! Focus!" She said bringing his attention back to her face. "It's a stick Mako." She said calmly. "It's a giant stick. That's all! Reach down, and yank it out quickly. Then just as quickly put the hot washcloth over top of it and clean off the dirt okay?"

"Clean off the dirt on the stick or your back?" He said panic in his voice but clarifying what she said.

"Jesus! Bolin are you SURE you can't do this?"

"Sorry Korra if I see blood I'm gone."

"Then Mako, MAN UP! Why would you wipe the dirt off the stick? Really? You know I meant my b-back." She cringed as pain shot through her body in a wave of agony. "Holy fucking mother of…" she trailed off quivering as the pain subsided a little bit. "Hurry Mako and just do it. If I go into anaphylactic shock it won't be good."

"Oh shit, right! Okay ready?" He positioned himself over top of her and took ahold of the stick.

"Yeah"

"Okay 1…2…" He yanked hard after two and felt the sickening vibration of her muscles sliding off the rough stick. He heard her gasp in pain and jump underneath him. "Yes! Yes! I got it Korra! It's out! I got it!"

"Um bro?" Bo said feeling sick and almost passing out. Mako looked over at him and Bo pointed fiercely at Korra, the sight of blood rendering him unable to speak.

"Huh? Yeah I know! Right! Wash cloth! Warm Water!" Mako spoke sounding panicked but a little more in control. As he listed off the thing Korra had told him to do.

"No!" was all Bolin could get out before gaging furiously. He pointed at Korra again and Mako saw the fear in his brothers' eyes through the sickness. He quickly immediately glanced back at Korra and saw that her wound was now bleeding profusely.

"OH! OH JEEZ! KORRA CAN YOU HEAR ME? KORRA! KORRA?" he rushed to put pressure on her back like he saw them do in the field at work when he was in basic medical training. The second he had covered the wound Bo was at his side.

"Mako she went completely limp after you pulled the stick out of her. I'm sorry! I was trying to tell you but I couldn't with the blood and the…"

"Shut up Bo! Where are the doctors? Bo! Get the doctors!" Bolin ran out and Mako looked at Korra's face. Feeling for a heartbeat and checking to see if she was breathing. How could this have happened? Just yesterday they had all had dinner and then this morning they were having fun in the park. "Korra? Korra you can't die Korra I-I love you Korra! Please wake up! Talk to me Korra! Yell at me! Call me a jerk! Something! Pleeease Korra p-please." He was crying now, sobbing as he screamed at her and checked her vitals again.

He felt a light heart beat but got even more scared when the wash cloth in his hand started to soak through with blood, she was going to bleed to death. He almost had a heart attack on sight when suddenly there were voices and people surrounding them. He was pulled from the room and before he could comprehend what was going on, his view was obstructed from her face by his bedroom door. He struggled against the hands that were holding him back, fighting and kicking, even momentarily forgetting how to fire bend.

"I-I love you Korra" he screamed through the door choking on his sobs.